1. Make sure Java is installed on your computer
Visit the Java download page from your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer and download and install the latest version.
2. Install Palm Novacom driver
There are several ways to install the Palm Novacom software, but the easiest is to use the Universal Novacom Installer.
You can download the .jar file from Google Code, and once it’s downloaded, click it to run
Follow the instructions and it should install Novacom on your computer. Note that this will only work if Java is already installed.
You’ll also want to make a note of where the files are installed. On my Windows 7 PC, the Universal Novacom Installer created a folder called c:\Program Files\Palm, Inc.
If you can’t install above driver via google code link, try with by downloading Web OS SDK make sure that the Touchpad Novacom drivers are installed in the location C:\Program Files\HP webOS\SDK\bin
3. Download ACMEINstaller, Moboot, ClockworkMod and optionally gApps
First download the first 4 files
- ACMEInstaller2 (Download)
- cm-9-20120819-NIGHTLY-tenderloin.zip (Download)
- update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip (Download)
- moboot_0.3.5.zip (Download)
- gApps for CyanogenMod 9
There are a number of different places to find gApps files. CyanogenMod is based on open source software and doesn’t include the Google Android Market or other Google apps such as Google Maps out of the box.
You can find the latest gApps packages for Android 4.0 (ICS) in goo.im or the CyanogenMod Wiki.
Bonus round: You can open the gApps zip file and remove the apk installers for any apps you don’t want to install. Just make sure to leave GoogleServicesFramework alone.
As a matter of explanation, ACMEInstaller2 is an installer file which is run from your PC. The update-cm-9.0 file is the Android 4.0 ROM, update-cwm is the ClockworkMod custom recovery utility, and Moboot is an app that allows you to choose between Android, webOS, and ClockworkMod when you boot your tablet.
After you had downloaded everything, start the step by step process to install Android ROM in HP Touchpad
1. Place ACMEInstaller in the same directory as your Novacom files
If Novacom is in your PC C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc directory or otherwise if HP SDK C:\Program Files\HP webOS\SDK\bin directory, just copy ACMEInstaller2 to that directory.
2. Connect your HP Touchpad to your computer and enable USB mass storage mode
Boot the TouchPad in webOS and plug it into your computer with a microUSB cable. When the TouchPad is plugged in, tap to share device in USB Drive mode.
This will allow your tablet to show up as a removable drive on your desktop computer.
3. Copy remaining files to your TouchPad
Open a file explorer on your computer and navigate to your TouchPad. Create a new folder called “cminstall” without the quotes. Then copy these files from your PC to that new folder:
- cm-9-20120819-NIGHTLY-tenderloin.zip
- update-cwm_tenderloin-1012.zip
- moboot_0.3.5.zip
- gApps 4.0.3 11.12.22.zip
Do not unzip any of these files first. They’re supposed to be zip files.
4. Reboot your Touchpad
- Tap the home button and then hit the arrow icon to bring up a list of applications.
- Navigate to the Settings tab.
- Choose Device Info.
- Select the red Reset Options button.
- On the following screen (see image below) tap the Restart option.
5. Press and hold the volume button
Next, turn on the TouchPad and immediately push the volume up button until you get a big USB symbol on your screen.
As soon as the screen goes dark, press the volume up button until you see a big USB icon on your screen. Then wait for your computer to install any drivers. Assuming you’ve already installed the Palm Novacom software correctly this should just take a minute or two.
6. Open a command prompt and navigate to the Novacom directory or HP SDK directory
After your computer installs the drivers, it’s time to get ready to run ACMEInstaller. Here’s how you do that on a Windows computer:
Open a command prompt on your computer and use the cd command to navigate to the folder you transferred the ACMEInstaller to earlier (C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc or C:\Program Files\HP webOS\SDK\bin for Windows). Then run the command
7. Run ACMEInstaller
Now enter the following command, novacom.exe boot mem://ACMEInstaller2
The USB icon should disappear from your TouchPad and will reboot in a few seconds and you will get a Linux boot screen with our good friend Tux sitting atop scrolling text.
If everything works properly, your TouchPad should now boot into Moboot.
From here, you can choose to boot into CyanogenMod by hitting the home button. Or you can choose to reboot to webOS by using the up and down volume keys to navigate to the webOS option and then hitting home.
Optional – Install Google Market
CyanogyenMod does not come with any official Google apps or access to Google’s market (only sanctioned devices get that privilege). Android may be boring without all of the available apps though, so here is how you can better your Android experience by installing Google’s Market and official apps.
When moboot comes up select boot ClockworkMod and push the home button.
Use the volume buttons to navigate to install zip from SD card and push the home button.
Select choose zip from SD card and then navigate to the cminstall folder and select the gapps…zip file.
Navigate back to the home screen and reboot the device. You will need to go through the basic Android setup this time but you will get full access to Google’s available market apps including Google Maps, Gmail, etc.
Congrats Android installed in your HP Touchpad all latest Apps
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